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𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 The relationship between 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (1849–1891) and 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 was not one of artistic…

𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (1849–1891), at the age of 20 Son of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 This photograph shows 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, the son of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, as a handsome young man…

𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (1848–1899), at the age of 16 Son of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 Photography, around 1864 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 was the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗻 of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻. An earlier…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 at the age of 35 Photography by 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗳𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗹, 1854 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 This photograph shows 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 in 1854, at the age of 35, during one of the most tragic and decisive…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸, later 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, 1838 “K.K. Oesterreichische Kammer-Virtuosin und Ehrenmitglied der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde des Oesterreichischen Kaiserstaates” “K. K. Austrian Chamber Virtuosa and Honorary Member of the Society of Friends of Music of…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸 (1819–1896) at the age of 18 Pencil drawing by 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺, Prague, November 1837 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 This portrait of 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸 was drawn in 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 by the Viennese painter 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸 (1819–1896) at the age of 16 Oil painting, around 1835 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 The portrait shows 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸 at a decisive moment in her youth, around the time when her friendly feelings for…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸 at the age of 15 Lithograph by 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲, Hanover, 1835 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 This lithograph was produced during 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸’s highly successful appearance at the royal court in 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿. The music notebook…

𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (1845–1872) was the third daughter of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, born into one of the most emotionally intense and artistically distinguished families of nineteenth-century Romantic music. She grew up in the…

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (1841–1929) was the 𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, born into one of the most important musical families of the nineteenth century. As the first child of the Schumann household,…

𝗘𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻.

Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck

PHOTO: 1890 - Clara Schumann 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝟯𝟲. 𝗜𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱: “𝗜 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮;…

Friedrich Wieck, was a famous German piano teacher. It was thanks to him that Clara Schumann studied music from such a young age.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 The first decisive meeting between 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀, 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 took place in 𝗗ü𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗳 in the autumn of 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯, when…

Clara Schumann

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦’𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗦, 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗕𝗬 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗥 — 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗘 A reconstruction grounded in letters, recollections by close friends such as Joachim, Clara Schumann, and Billroth, and scattered diary fragments. This is not an…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟵–𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟲) 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗔 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESsY_vVZ3gQ 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗮, piano 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗡𝗲́𝘇𝗲𝘁-𝗦𝗲́𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻, conductor 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮…

𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗮 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟲

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻’𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 — 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻, 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 The world surrounding 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 was not merely a social network of composers and performers; it was an 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱…

𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗦 - 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗩 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 In this fourth section, the musical world becomes even more self-divided, emotionally charged, and historically conscious. The age from…

Dinu Lipati and Clara Haskil

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹 – 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭 – 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 (𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟱–𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟱) Clara Haskil was born on January 7, 1895, in Bucharest, Romania, into a Sephardic Jewish family of modest means.…

𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 There are pianists whose fame is built on conquest, and others whose greatness seems to arise from something infinitely rarer: 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬,…